IGN interviewed New Horizons director Aya Kyogoku on the day of the Nintendo Direct. But with all of the other E3 news going on at the time, this piece of information was largely overlooked:
This is terrible news for anyone who shares a Switch system and wants to have a personalized Animal Crossing experience without forced collaboration.
I'd love for this to blow up like the Mario Maker 2 online friend play debacle since Nintendo swiftly took the backlash into consideration and reversed their decision. With how little traction this story has gotten though, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Nook the crook and his chintzy land deals strike again.
EDIT: Some people are interpreting the quote as saying users can only have one island per game file - not that every user has to share the same island. Based on the context of the quote and Nintendo's track record with these issues, I'm not convinced that's the case, but I want to be clear that there's some wiggle room in how this comment can be taken.
Then, when it comes to online and local wireless, up to eight players can be on an island. This is doubled from New Leaf's previous 4-player limit. And though there is a travel theme to New Horizons, Kyogoku confirmed you can't set up a tent on a friend's island. However, Kyogoku told IGN you can make up to eight playable accounts on one Nintendo Switch and they will be able to live on the same island. You cannot have multiple islands, however.
This is terrible news for anyone who shares a Switch system and wants to have a personalized Animal Crossing experience without forced collaboration.
I'd love for this to blow up like the Mario Maker 2 online friend play debacle since Nintendo swiftly took the backlash into consideration and reversed their decision. With how little traction this story has gotten though, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Nook the crook and his chintzy land deals strike again.
EDIT: Some people are interpreting the quote as saying users can only have one island per game file - not that every user has to share the same island. Based on the context of the quote and Nintendo's track record with these issues, I'm not convinced that's the case, but I want to be clear that there's some wiggle room in how this comment can be taken.
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